apothecary
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The apothecary hosts meditations, sound baths, tarot card readings and massages there to help bring the mind and body into balance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Instead of shelves of alcohol, apothecary drawers stocked with ingredients like goji berries and angelica root line the walls, permeating the room with their scent.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
No-nonsense Maomao, a Tang Dynasty-era girl raised in a brothel who escapes servitude to parlay her apothecary skills in service of the palace, is one of the best female protagonists of all time.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
Paleontologists first discovered Gigantopithecus in the mid-1930s in a Hong Kong apothecary where the ape’s unusually large molars were being hawked as “dragon teeth.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
In turn, she set up the apothecary I now use and fitted it with every tool of science known in France today.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
There are more than 50 Chinese herbal apothecaries in the Los Angeles area, according to Willie So, sales director of Chinatown-based Solstice Medicine, a leading distributor of traditional Chinese medicine products since 1979.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
Guests are encouraged to rummage about the infirmary, taxidermist’s place, padded room, libraries, apothecaries, laundry and even a detective agency.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
As Camper English explains in “Doctors and Distillers,” it did take a few centuries of scientific experimentation to move past those medieval apothecaries.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2022
Many, in an homage to ancient apothecaries, are decorated with ceramic urns once used for herbal remedies.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021
She checked in on the pregnant women and gave advice to the midwives and healers and apothecaries.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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The Hunger Games
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